Bruno wesselmann



(No Model.)

B. WESSELM-ANN.

, VBNDING APPARATUS. No. 403,015. Patented May?, 1889.

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BRUNO VVESSELMANN, OF HAMBURG, GERMANY.

VENDING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,015, dated May 1889. Application filed FebrnarylQ, 1889. Serial No. 300,435. (No model.) Patented in GermanyMarch 3, 1888, No. 45,750.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BRUNO WEssELMANN, residing at Hamburg, in the German Empire, and a subject of the German Emperor, have invented a new and useful Vending Apparatus, (for which a patent has been obtained in Germany, No. 45,7 50, dated March 3, 1888,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in coin-operated apparatus g and the object of the invention is to secure a simple and easilyoperated looking mechanism, as set forth in the following specification and claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a section of a coin-operated apparatus along line A B, Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a section along line O D, Fig. 3, Fig. 3 is a section along line E F, Fig. 2.

Similar letters indicate correspon ding parts.

The arms B B are jointed or pivoted at b b and serve as a guide for the coin. The arms are so hung that their own weight tends to swing said arms toward one another, as indicated in Fig. l in broken lines. The weights E E serve to increase the tendency of the arms to swing toward one another. The releasable portion, S-such as a drawer or door-has a projection, m, having hooks or lugs n. The projection and hooks form a catch, which, being engaged by the arms B B', prevents the releasable part S from being moved. The arms B B, by their weight, swing into engagement with the catch.

If a coin is dropped through the entrancechannel a, said coin, passing along the arms B B, will move said arms, and said coin, resting on the catch m n, keeps the arms B B out of engagement with the cat-ch. When the door or drawer S is drawn to its open position, the coin drops into the receptacle g and thus permits the arms B B to swing together. On closing the door or drawer S, the arms B B are spread by the inclined faces of the hooks n, and when said part S is completely closed the arms B B drop into engagement with the hooksy n and hold the part S closed. By having two arms, B B one of said arms will engage the releasable part S, even when the device is in an inclined position, so that the part S cannot be opened or released by tilting the device. When the releasable part S is open, part of the contents of the chamber F is within reach. The device is useful, for example, to sell packages of confection or other articles.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A locking mechanism for coin-operated apparatus, said locking mechanism consisting of swinging arms, which engage the releasable portion of the apparatus, said arms forming a guidefor the coin, which moves the arms to their releasing position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BRUNO WESSELMANN. Witnesses:

Orro HENocK, B. ROI. 

